<p>A civic transport service bus caught fire in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/five-booked-for-assaulting-woman-during-housing-society-meeting-in-navi-mumbai-23460182" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Navi Mumbai</a> township on Thursday morning, narrowly evacuating its passengers, according to police, PTI reported.</p>
<p>All the 22 passengers onboard were evacuated safely, and no one was injured, they said.</p>
<p>The incident led to traffic congestion in the area for some time, PTI reported.</p>
<p>The bus belonging to the Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) caught blaze at Runwal Chowk in Manpada limits on Kalyan-Shilphata Road at around 10:30 am, as per officials.</p>
<p>After being alerted, the driver immediately stopped the vehicle and requested passengers to get down. He jumped out to safety, a police official said, PTI reported.</p>
<p>The police swiftly stopped traffic on both sides of the road to prevent any eventuality.</p>
<p>Police personnel, with the help of a water tanker, doused off the fire within 30 minutes, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Pankaj Shrisat said, PTI cited.</p>
<p>After the fire was brought under control, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/punjab-terror-conspiracy-case-arrested-babbar-khalsa-man-worked-as-a-crane-operator-at-mumbai-metro-site-23453159" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">a crane was deployed to move the charred bus off the road, to restore traffic flow</a>, he said.</p>
<p>"The bus passengers were safely evacuated by the traffic police on patrol, and the fire was extinguished. Traffic on the road has now been restored," Shirsat said.</p>
<p>"Special precautions were taken to ensure the safety of vehicles carrying flammable substances passing through the area," he said.</p>
<p>The bus passengers continued their journeys in private vehicles and auto-rickshaws.</p>
<h2>Mumbai: Fire breaks out in Sion building; no injuries reported</h2>
<p>A fire broke out at a residential building in the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-minors-detained-for-allegedly-attacking-classmate-with-knife-in-sion--23459540" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Sion area</a> of Mumbai on Wednesday, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). No injuries have been reported so far.</p>
<p>As per the civic body, the fire erupted on the first floor of the building at around 9:02 am on Wednesday. The incident occurred at the Panchshil Building, located on Sulochana Shetty Marg, near LTMG Sion Hospital in Sion.</p>
<p>Upon receiving the information, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/massive-fire-breaks-out-in-gyaneshwar-nagar-of-bandra-east-in-mumbai-20-25-huts-destroyed-23458603" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Mumbai Fire Brigade</a> officials rushed to the scene and declared the blaze a Level I (minor) fire at 9:19 am. The authorities are yet to determine the cause of the fire.&nbsp;</p>
<p>(With PTI inputs)</p><p>
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